Repeater (not repeater bridge) issue - E2000

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texnnyc
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 20:19    Post subject: Repeater (not repeater bridge) issue - E2000 Reply with quote
I've followed the directions for the WLAN Repeater and I do see the WAN address being the main router's assigned DHCP address. I am running DD-WRT v3.0-r44715 mega (11/03/20) - directions being here:

https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wlan_Repeater

When I connect a WIRED client into the E2000, I do get the new IP range-assigned DHCP address, and I can access the internet. This is successful 100% of time.

When I try to access the internet via a WIRELESS client, 99 times out of 100 I get no connection (there is no security set up for the primary router or the repeater) and once I got connected with about half speed (about right), and following that, I rebooted the router, connected wirelessly again but now the speed was about 1Mbps and another reboot had me with no connection again.

I'll be glad to post screenprints to assist with my problem... but any outstanding "gotchas" that jump out?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 22:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you running a K26 or K3X build? And why would you run the "newest" build from the router database page?

https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2023/

Use the broadcom_K26 or broadcom_K3X folder, you'll want K3X as repeater modes may still be broken in K26 builds. Also, keep in mind, a lot of wikis have not been curated and kept up to date.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 23:47    Post subject: E2000 repeater issue Reply with quote
I saw a successful build on YT with the 38159 K3X build. I'm going to try that.

Thanks for the hint - hoping it works!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:30    Post subject: Reply with quote
This will not tell us if repeater is working on the current release or not...
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2023 15:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
No luck - downgraded and have the same problem, so it's not a version issue.

Since the wired clients work perfectly, am I missing some static route or other configuration item? I'm connecting via a Win10 laptop, and I get the message "Open, No Internet" as the connection information when I can connect or "Cannot Connect to This Network"
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:56    Post subject: Reply with quote
texnnyc wrote:
"Cannot Connect to This Network"

I've had Windows 10 freak out with that error on perfectly good and functional WiFi access points. Restarting the Windows computer usually fixes it and allows it to connect.

Another avenue of trouble shooting the WiFi connection is to set a static IP address in the client computer. DHCP confusion in DD-WRT repeater configurations has been a common bug for about the last 17 years. Also try connecting with something other than just one finicky Windows 10 box.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
Upgrade to the latest K3X build e.g. buildnumber 52148.

Coming from an old build a reset to defaults and put settings in manually is highly recommended.

Use WPA2-PSK/AES-128 as security for both repeater and VAP

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 13:45    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am using build 52148 on my E2000 setup as a repeater without any problem.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 19:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
+1 @egc no issues here, Asus RT-AC88U test both builds 52148 and 52095.

Wireless works on both 2.4GHz virtual AP and 5GHz AP mode

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texnnyc
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 23:55    Post subject: Success! Reply with quote
Latest K3x build worked like a charm!

Didn't like encryption, but that's something I can figure out (seemed on the passphrase it wanted it in hex, not the actual phrase)

Connected without encryption with no problems the first time, and after several reboots and power downs, still connected! (This is where the earlier builds seem to fail)

Thank you all for your help!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2023 11:16    Post subject: Reply with quote
The webUI doesn't ask for hex, it asks for plain text. In fact, the pass for wifi is stored in nvram in plain text last I knew. Perhaps it was invalid characters.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 02, 2023 18:04    Post subject: Reply with quote
Odd - for WPA2/AES, I put in the passphrase and it said it wanted hex.... I'll try again.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe you saw this:
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Invalid Key, must be between 8 and 63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal digits


Meaning you used invalid characters

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